Let me tell you something about me. I hate to admit and I hate to feel it, but it's something I deal with and I am totally aware that it is something I need to rid myself of. That "it" is jealousy. So cliché right? But truly, honestly it's everything, but cliché.
For me in particular, I'm faced with jealousy mostly when someone else does something I've already done and is able to get more recognition than me. How selfish is that? I should be excited and happy for their success because they deserve it; they have worked for it just as much as I have and maybe more. I'm jealous of other people's confidence, and independence. I'm jealous of others who are able to talk in front of others like it doesn't even faze them. I'm jealous of others who are able to connect and relate with someone they met two hours ago. And I'm jealous of people who talk about Jesus to everyone and have a strong relationship with the Lord, cause I feel like mine should be where their faith is.
Jealousy is something I struggle with and it just makes me feel icky, but it's something I'm willing to work on. So, a note to myself and any others struggling with jealousy: The Lord made each and every one of us with different strengths and weakness FOR A REASON. There isn't a reason to be jealous of anyone else, because the Lord is jealous for you. He thinks you are the bees knees, he loves you for who are. In all your flaws, in all your craziness, in all your essence, the Lord loves you. Jealousy is a nasty thing that the enemy uses in a lot of us. Deny the temptation. Be happy for others' success and for their strengths that inspire you to be better. Ask the Lord to rid you of a jealous mindset and be ready to see the beauty of God's creation in others.
Go kick jealousy in the butt.
With love,
Sarah
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